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China is on course to obtain 20% of its energy from wind and solar sources by 2020—a transformation that would make the country the world leader in renewables. Beijing is ramping up its targets for clean energy, helped by the $590 billion stimulus package passed last year, a senior government official told the Guardian. "Due to the impact of global financial crisis, people are all talking about green and sustainable development," he said.

China has been under substantial pressure from the US and Europe to cut its emissions, and the country's reluctance to act has contributed to recent stalemates at climate talks. But ahead of the crucial Copenhagen summit later this year, China now says it's open to limits on carbon emissions relative to economic output. The US and China alone account for about half of the world's greenhouse gas.

China isn't calling anyone's debt in. They drove themselves into a dollar trap, and they can neither get out of it nor change the policies that put them in that trap in the first place. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04...

schmidtkoff

Jun 10, 2009 3:30 AM CDT

they can call our debt at any time, they are moving int south and central america, they are buying up interests in the us and nimbys lollygag and bicker over wind farms -- they undervalue their currency and have a massive trade deficit with us, the US. wow. why not just sign over america to the chinese?

Timinator2K

Jun 10, 2009 2:16 AM CDT

People tend to fall into two categories. One lives their lives only for their next one in Heaven and the other only lives their lives for their children. Does anybody ever live their lives to make the most of their own time here to contribute to society's needs in the present and not dedicated solely for some afterlife or, next generation? Yes, we all serve but, what's the point of our own lives?